Anchor.



No. 860,286. PATENTBD JULY 16, 1907.

A. F. EBLLS.

ANCHOR.

APPLIOATION FILED AUG. 20. 190B.

WITNESSES: IN VEN'IR .UITED 1 STATEs PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT F. EELLS, 0F BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.'

ANeHoR.

l t No. 860,286.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 16, 1907.

.Apphchsn mea Augen 20,1906. sesamo. 331,255.

.maintain its hold with no tendency to break outand hitchiorwardspasmodically, as is now common with anchors of this general type. v

My said improved form of anchor operates positively and quickly to grasp the sea bottom when the' cable is drawn taut, for the reason that the major part of the weights ec located that it serves tc held the peint cf thev fluke in' engagement with said bottom when the anchor is in`service, and the angle or pitch of the iiuke relatively tothe shank is auch that increased strain n the 4cable only tends to bury the anchor deeper, although the said anchor may beasily broken out whbn the cable is hove short, as I shall explain moreifully later. f 7

My said` anchor has the 4additional advantage of compacmess, requiring little space in lwhich to stow it away on ship-board.

In-the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a side ele! vation of an anchor embodying my present improvements,.the.same being partly embedded in the mud. Fig. 2 is a view of said anchor as it appears when being hauled up', showing the fluke folded into parallel relation to the shank. Fig. 3 is a view of the head portion 13 showing vthe `reverse of Fig. 2 and with the other` parts removed. \Fig. 4 is a sectional view.

The reference numeral 10 indicates the shank of the anchor, said shank being provided at its free end with a shackle 11 cc' which the cable 12 ie fastened. Thehead 13 of the anchor is hinged to the other end ofthe shank 10and is formed with projecting stop shoulders 14-15 adapted to engage the shank to limit the rocking movement of the head relativelyto the shank; the engaging parts being-so proportioned that the fluke 16 (which is here shown as an integral part of the heal) the mud. As here shown the stock is formed of a triangular bar whose angles offer somewhat less resistance, when0 the anchor is being drawn downward into the mud, than a. round bar. Said stock is formed with a -ilanged enlargement 18 which prevents"endwise movement of said stock in the head 13, the said flange being heldsbetween the head and a plate 19 that is secured to 60 the heed. Ae here inuetreced, the plate 19 ie mounted upon a stud 20 o'rme'd as an integral part, or at all" events as a rigid part, of the head 13 and the head and plate are held against accidental separation by a pin 21 extending through the said stud, as isl clearly seen in Fig. 1 of the drawings. By referring to Fig. 4 it will be seen that one end of plate 19 over-laps the hinged end of the shank to prevent the separation of the shank and head, land the other end of said plate over-laps the .flange 18 to prevent endwise displacement of the stock, 70

as I have already explained.

When it is.desired to break out my described anchor the cable is hove short when the uke may be readily lifted out of, the mud.

It should hemcced that the pihhy meen@ cf which '75 theshackle is secured to the Shank-end is located at right angles to the'stock and 'sd that, when the cable is taut, the shackle does not swing on the pin but serves, in eact, as a rigid extension of the shank.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new x and Wish to secure by Letters Patents-I l 1. In combination, in an anchor, a shank, s iiuked head hinged to said shank, und a stock extending transversely through said head at the outer end portion of theheud.

2. In combination, in an anchor, a iiuked head,'nnd an 85 4. In combination, ln an anchor, a shank, a duke hingedV to said shank, and a weighted head formed uponsaid fluke and a stock extending transversely through the head at the outer ehd portion of the latter; said weight being so dis-g` posed that the fluke will be moved into parallel relation to b5 the shank when the complete anchor is. suspended by the cable.

5. In combination, in an anchor, n iuked'- head, and a shank hinged to said head at one side of the fluke. y

6. In combination,l in an anchor, a nuked head, o. shank hinged to said head at.one side of the duke, a stock secured -in said head, and a shackle on the free end of the shank the slrckle pin being located at right angles to the said stock. i

7. In an anchor, a nuked head," a shank hinged thereto at one side of the head, a stock passed through the head at the outer end portion of the latter, yand means on said head retaining both the shank and stock against displacement. 

